Quality Supervisor

Job Summary


Responsibilities

• Implementing quality assurance strategies, processes, guidelines and control plans which assure quality and reliability of manufactured products.
• Leading the development and implementation of corrective action and preventive measures to achieve quality targets.
• Addressing trends with internal and external non-conformance.
• Managing multiple teams, team leaders, quality specialists and inspectors to assure that quality standards are met.
• Reviewing reports and confers with quality assurance, production, management, and engineering personnel to solve quality issues.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent experience desired

Work Environment


Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail

• Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
• Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
• Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
• Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
• Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

• Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.
• Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.
• Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.
• Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

Effective Communications

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.
• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.
• Explains the importance of effective business communication.
• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Lean Manufacturing

• Cites examples of benefits and risks associated with implementing lean principles.
• Describes basic tools for observing existing processes and identifying waste.
• Cites industry or company examples of successful and unsuccessful lean implementations.
• Identifies key lean principles and highlights of the lean manufacturing process.

Performance Management

• Demonstrates an understanding of performance management concepts.
• Describes organizations performance management process.
• Explains organizations core performance factors and ratings.
• Participates in own performance review or performance checkpoint session.

Planning and Organizing

• Seeks help to modify priorities as new information surfaces or conditions change.
• Demonstrates the ability to estimate the time and resources required to complete tasks.
• Identifies own key assignments, schedules, and process steps.
• Applies the concept of critical path in order to complete work in a timely manner and keep larger tasks on track.

Problem Solving

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Quality Management System (QMS)

• Explains the main features, functions, and capabilities of QMS.
• Lists the major market players/vendors of QMS.
• Outlines the benefits of using automated and manual QMS.
• Understands the role of QMS in implementing a formalized system for documenting manufacturing processes and procedures to meet customer requirements and regulatory compliances.

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